Fun at Invesco at Mile High!

We were fortunate enough to get all 8 of the company season tickets for the Bronco's game on 1-03-2010 vs Kansas City Chiefs! So...we headed up to Denver Sunday morning around 10 am and arrived at our hotel where we met up with Clay and Tim , followed by John, Kim, Keith and his gf. We headed to Invesco field at 12:30 and got there around 1 pm! Luckily, we also had 2 parking passes so we didn't have to walk far to into the stadium. The high that day was only about 35 degrees and by the end of the game, I'm sure it had dipped down below freezing. Of course the Broncos lost, but we all had a blast anyway! The beer and shots were flowing so no time to be cold, LOL!

After the game, John, Kim, Keith and his gf headed back home and Clay, Tim, Nolan and I headed to Benihana's where we had an awesome meal complete with saki bombs to top it off! After that...off to a sports bar near the hotel where we had a couple drinks and fun! We spent the night in Denver and came home Monday afternoon!

Can't wait for the next event. Bullriders only is coming up real soon, but not sure if we're going to that one or if we'll wait for the professional bullriders in May! I'm also itching to go to a concert...it's almost been a year since we saw Jack's Mannequin (for the 3rd time, LOL) and I've heard rumors that Something Corporate is going back on tour (oh how I'd love to see them). The Colorado State Fair should be announcing their concert line up pretty soon...so maybe they'll have someone good this year!

Anyway, here's the gang...

Christmas 2009...

Well...December was a crazy month no doubt (it always is), but this year has far surpassed all others on the craziness scale. One week before Christmas...Dad is admitted into the hospital with and infection of unknown origin. All they know for sure is that his white blood cell count is off the charts and he is just plain sick as a dog. In the effort to locate the infection, Dad underwent a battery of tests from blood work, ultrasounds, ct scans, xrays, etc...Durning the ct scan, there were "spots" seen on his liver. The preliminary u/s indicated that the spots were not liquid, but rather "solid" masses. Of course hearing this news made my heart stop (for about 5 days)...They did ultimately biopsy those spots, but they turned out to be old sutures or surgical mesh that had attached to his liver. After over a week of culture, nothing grew on them and they were eliminated as the source of the infection. Dad was released on xmas eve and while doing better, he's still on antibiotics and undergoing more tests to find the source of the infection.

All the while this is going on, Jim's flight home was cancelled due to the northeastern blizzard. He was fortunate enough to get a flight out on the 22nd, but that drastically cut down our visit and he had to leave a day early as well. I was so happy to see him...but disappointed that the visit was so short. We had a great time and he's doing so well. He seems so grown up now...

Christmas eve was spent at Kenny & Kathy's house as usual. It was a lot of fun! They had Chicken and Pasta and there were plenty of beers and laughs!!

Christmas morning the kids woke us up around 8 am and they opened gifts. I cooked the infamous hashbrown casserole and we had a great brunch! For Christmas dinner I made a prime rib with mashed potatoes, salad and fresh greenbeans! I also made about 4 dozen Pizzelles. After dinner, Tyler and Tony's mom Kathy P and her bf came over for a visit. She was here visiting from Las Vegas...so then Mike invited his mom and dad to come and we had a little reunion of sorts. Our kids have all been friends for about 16 yrs! It was nice to get together with everyone!

Saturday (day after xmas), Krystal, Rick, the grand kids, Jay and Terez all came out to celebrate xmas! I made two huge pans of lasagna, salad and garlic bread...it was yummy and we all had a great time!!

The 29th we had to drive Jimmy back to Denver (DIA) to catch his plane home. In one picture there is a distant view of Denver International Airport. It's always so much fun when we pick up Jimmy at the airport, but the day we have to take him back is always extremely sad and emotional for me. After we got Jim delivered...we stopped in Castle Rock and had an early dinner. The kids were goofy and that cheered me up some! Still miss him though...

Most of the pics are in reverse order so just follow the dates on the pics...

Our Bronco Party...

We had a little Bronco get together on MNF! I made Bronco chili of course, a pan of beef enchiladas, a pan of chicken enchiladas and chips, dips and the normal party fare. Pete came with his new "flavor of the month"...Ray and Trish...Ed (aka: Dave)...Andrea and Joey...Michelle and Lee. Of course the Broncos lost, but we all had a good time!!

Chris Thanksgiving visit!

Well...I'm a bit behind on my blog writing, but I've been without my laptop for 3 weeks (yeah, that's what happens when your laptop decides to take a dump right before the holidays)...so thought I'd try to get up to speed here with all that's been going on.

Chris was home from New Hampshire (Navy) and so we had a little get together...Elvis came and even brought a girlfriend (perfect match, lol )! Of course Mike B was here and Tyler came down too. Nolan and I had a huge fight that night, don't ask LOL...Anyway, here's some pics from the evening: